Clasp



' No. 748,724. PATBNTED JAN. 5, 1904.

M, B. HAMMND.

CLASP.

l APPLIoA'rIoN FILED snm. s, wos.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTR 77?-B-H-ammonz A T RN Yv l UNITED Patented January 5, 1904.

i MYRON B. HAMMOND, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,724, dated January 5, 1904.

Y Application filed September 3, 1903. Serial No. 171,755. (No model.)

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My invention relates to clasps such as are commonly used for the purpose of grasping articles of personal wear, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient device of this character.

With these ends in View my invention con sists in certain details of construction and combinationpof parts, such as will be hereinafter fully set forth and then specifically desiguated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure l. is a side elevation of my improved clasp, showing the operative parts open; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the operative parts closed; Fig. 3, a plan View; Fig. 4., a section at the line :rof Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a plan view with the cover-plate removed.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several gures of the drawings.

l is the base-plate, made from sheet metal and having ears 2, which extend upwardly therefrom near the rear portion.

3 is a loop which is pivoted to the rear end of the plate l by means of lips 4, which are curled around the inner portion of the loop, and 5 are grasping-fingers which are integral with the loop and which preferably diverge from points immediately inside the lips 4. At the extreme outer ends of these fingers are spurs 6, which extend downwardly, so that when said spurs are in contact with the base-plate the `iingers Will be inclined downwardly toward the rear ofthe plate, as shown at Figs. Zand 4.

7 is a cover-plate which ismade of sheet metal and is pivoted at its rear end between the ears 2.and has a downwardly-extending lip 8.

In utilizing my improved clasp the garment is placed between the base-plate and the iingers, and the cover-plate is then swung forward, thus causing the lip 8 to bear against the fingers and force them down until the 'spurs are firmly embedded in the garment.

As the co ver-plate is swung forward in closed position the lip 8 will act like a cam against the inclined fingers and force them into the fabric or other garment, while the cover-plate itself will completely envelop the fingers, and thus present a perfectly smooth surface, which is not likely to catch upon other portions of the garment.

Any suitable tape or elastic may be passed through the loop in case the device is to be used as a suspending-clasp; but in case the clasp is to be used for the mere purpose of holding two portions of a garment together the loop may be dispensed with entirely.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A garment-clasp comprising a base-plate provided near its rear portion with upright ears, a cover-plate pivoted at its rear end between said ears and having a lip depending from said end, and the loop pivoted to the back of said base-plate and extending rearward therefrom and having fingers which eX- ten'd forward intermediate of said plates and terminate at their outer ends iu depending spurs, substantially as set forth. y

2. A garment-clasp com prisinga base-plate provided near its rear portion with upright ears, a cover-plate pivoted at its rear end between said ears and having a lip depending from said end, the diverging fingers having spurs depending from their forward extremity and pivoted at their rear ends intermediate of said plates to said base-plate, whereby when the cover-plate is brought into closed position said lip will force said fingers tightly against the garment to be clasped, substantially as set forth.

3. A garment-clasp comprising the baseplate having upright ears near its rear portion, the cover-plate pivoted at its rear between said ears and having a lip extending4 downwardly from its rear end, and the loop pivoted to the rear edge of said base-plate and having integral clamping-fingers which dvergeintermediate of said plates and extend forward and are provided at their ex- F. W. SMITH, J r., M. T. LoNGDEN. 

